Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia

Download or read book Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia written by H. Kwon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which the shift in economic strategy has influenced social policy reform in East Asia. It also analyzes the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform.